Baseball Card Shop Owner Sues Ex-Wife Over Hammer Attack

LOS ANGELES, CA - A baseball card shop owner sued his ex-wife Thursday, alleging that she attacked him with a hammer and smashed display cases in his store in a confrontation in 2015.

Richard John Loscalzo's Superior Court lawsuit alleges assault, battery and trespass by Davina Loscalzo. He seeks at least $300,000 in damages.

Davina Loscalzo' could not be immediately reached for comment.

The suit states that the couple were in the middle of a divorce when Davina Loscalzo walked into All Star Baseball Cards on Robertson Boulevard near Beverly Hills on May 22, 2015, and said to the plaintiff, "Let's have it out."

The woman hit her husband with a hammer before she "smashed counter displays, shattered display cases and repeatedly threatened to smash plaintiff," who was unarmed, the suit states.

The woman went on to smash a laptop computer, a fax machine, fixtures and other items, according to the complaint.

She also ripped shelving off the walls, scattering valuable inventory to the floor, and hit her husband with a wooden shelf, injuring one of his arms, the suit states.

The woman resumed hitting the victim with a hammer, but Los Angeles police arrived and arrested her, the suit states. No criminal charges were filed, according to the complaint.

Richard Loscalzo spent $50,000 to repair damage at the store and another $250,000 on legal costs outside the divorce action, including obtaining a restraining order, the suit states.

-- City News Service, photo via Shutterstock